Several of the Graduate School's privately-funded fellowships do not require American Studies internal department nominations. Those which have been received in the past by American Studies students include the Harold Leonard Memorial Fellowship in Film Study and the Mark and Judy Yudof Fellowship in Science Policy & Ethics. Applications are due directly to the Graduate School Fellowship Office by 12 noon, December 1, 2011.
Harold Leonard Memorial Fellowship in Film Study includes a stipend of $22,500 plus tuition and subsidized health insurance and is open to graduate students proposing a year of well-defined research or study in which film history, criticism, theory, or aesthetics is the major focus of the research. Up to two fellowships awarded. Click here for complete award information.
Mark and Judy Yudof Fellowship in Science Policy & Ethics Study includes a stipend of $22,500 plus tuition and subsidized health insurance and is open to graduate students pursuing interdisciplinary work whose content is focused in the areas of science policy and ethics. One fellowship awarded. Click here for complete award information .
Additional Fellowships for which American Studies graduate students may be eligible can be found at the Graduate Fellowship website: http://www.grad.umn.edu/fellowships/
